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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:120%">Registration is now open for the 2018 Boston Accessibility Conference. It will be held on Saturday, October 27, 2018, at Fidelity Investments Corporate Headquarters, 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA. This is
a free events, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, and there will be free food. You can register at:
<a href="http://a11y-bos.org/about-a11ybos-2018/">http://a11y-bos.org/about-a11ybos-2018/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:120%">We* haven’t posted the schedule yet, but there are two sessions (so far!) that might be of particular interest to ATHENites:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span class="author-245576154"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class="author-245576154"><span style="color:black">Panel: Making Massively Open Online Communities (MOOCs) Accessible to Everyone (Ram Raju, VisionAid, Moderator)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="line-height:120%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="line-height:120%">Accessibility for Content Strategists: How to make your content accessible to all users (Janelle Sims, Harvard Law School)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:120%">*I am one of the co-organizers, so you get a little inside information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:120%">Hope to see some of you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#43956F">Sarah E. Bourne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353">Director of IT Accessibility<br>
Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353">1 Ashburton Place, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353">Office: (617) 626-4502<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353">sarah.bourne@mass.gov</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353">
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/oversight-agencies/itd/"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353;text-decoration:none">www.mass.gov/eotss</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#535353"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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